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In Old Missouri
Film poster
Directed by	Frank McDonald
Written by	Dorrell McGowan Stuart E. McGowan
Starring	Leon Weaver Frank Weaver June Weaver Alan Ladd Marjorie Gateson June Storey Thurston Hall Hall Johnson Choir
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	April 17, 1940 (1940-04-17)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

In Old Missouri (1940) is a film starring the hillbilly comedy troupe the Weaver Brothers and Elviry, and released by Republic Pictures.^[1]

Brothers Leon "Abner" Weaver and Frank "Cicero" Weaver, with Frank's wife June "Elviry" Weaver, were vaudeville comedians who starred in a series of Republic films.^[2] A young Alan Ladd plays a featured role.

Plot

A family of sharecroppers, the Weavers, takes up residence in the home of a rich man named Pittman after they are forced off their land. They sell off Mrs. Pittman's furs and meet Junior Pittman's troupe of dancing girls. After they befriend Mr. Pittman, they persuade him to play dead until he can learn exactly how the rest of his family feels about him.

Cast

Leon Weaver as Abner
Frank Weaver as Cicero
June Weaver as Elviry
Thurston Hall as Mr. Pittman
Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Pittman
Alan Ladd as Junior Pittman
June Storey as Mary

References

^ In Old Missouri at TCMDB
^ Austin, Wade (1981). "The Real Beverly Hillbillies". The South and Film. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-87805-148-1. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

External links

In Old Missouri at IMDb
[1]

Films directed by Frank McDonald

Broadway Hostess (1935)
The Big Noise (1936)
Isle of Fury (1936)
Smart Blonde (1937)
Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
Reckless Living (1938)
Flirting with Fate (1938)
They Asked for It (1939)
In Old Missouri (1940)
Flying Blind (1941)
No Hands on the Clock (1941)
Wildcat (1942)
Wrecking Crew (1942)
Submarine Alert (1943)
O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
Alaska Highway (1943)
Take It Big (1944)
Gambler's Choice (1944)
Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
One Body Too Many (1944)
Timber Queen (1944)
Scared Stiff (1945)
Tell It to a Star (1945)
The Man from Oklahoma (1945)
Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
Bells of Rosarita (1945)
My Pal Trigger (1946)
Song of Arizona (1946)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
Linda, Be Good (1947)
French Leave (1948)
Gun Smugglers (1948)
Mr. Reckless (1948)
The Big Sombrero (1949)
Ringside (1949)
Call of the Klondike (1950)
Snow Dog (1950)
Sierra Passage (1950)
Texans Never Cry (1951)
Father Takes the Air (1951)
Yukon Manhunt (1951)
Yellow Fin (1951)
Northwest Territory (1951)
Sea Tiger (1952)
Yukon Gold (1952)
Son of Belle Starr (1953)
Thunder Pass (1954)
The Big Tip Off (1955)
Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
The Underwater City (1962)
Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
Mara of the Wilderness (1965)

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